PERSONAL NOTES FROM HOME.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18134, 25 July 1924, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES FROM HOME.

(ntoic OTTB OWN COaBBSPONDHST.) LONDON, June 12. Mr nnd Mrs J. A. Harrow (Christchurch) came by way of Niagara and New York. ,They left London on Saturday* for Plymouth, whence they will work their -nray north as far as Aberdeen, visiting the chief centres en route. A tour in France and Switzerland will follow. Mr and Mrs Harrow will leave for New Zealand about tho beginning of November, via Suez. On June the marriage- will take place at St. Mary's-in-the-Castle, Dover, of Miss Frances Cracroft Wilson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cracroft Wilson (Christchurch), and sister of Mrs R. A. Wilson. The bridegroomelect is Major W. P. Dickinson, D.5.0., M.C., of the Welsh Regiment. Mr and Mrs Cracroft Wilson are at present staying at Bailey's Hotel. Mrs E. B. Mitford-Burgess (Christchurch), who has been visiting relatives and friends' in England during the past nine months, and who is now staying in Kent, is going through to Scotland in July. The date of her return to New Zealand is quite undecided. Mr and Mrs W. A. Strange (Tinwald) have already been to the Continent. They spent a month visiting Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, and France, and had a very pleasant trip. At present they are iu London, and, after making a general tour of the United Kingdom, they will leave for New York towards the end of September. A few weeks will be spent in the United States and Canada, and the return journey will be made from Vancouver. • Mr and Mrs E. Simpson (Geraldmc) and Miss Simpson are at Stoke-on-Trent, on their way to Scotland, where they will attend the World's Sunday School Convention as delegates from New Zealand. Later Mr Simpson will devote some time to business affairs. Return passages have been booked bv the Remuera, which is due in New Zealand about the end of October. Miss Francesca Pilliet (Christchurch) is staying in London with Mr and Mrs. Hargreaves Brown. She is about to leave for Darlington, where she has been asked to lecture to the people there on New Zealand. Coming south again, she will make her headquarters in Cornwall until she leaves for the Dominion. EASTERN CARNIVAL. The prediction that the Eastern Carnival, held last night in Dixieland, was to be an event of unparalleled splendour, was no idle boast. Never has a dance in Christchurch been lield in such gorgeous surroundings. The walls of the ballroom were hung with beautiful Oriental tapestry and hand-made Persian rugs. The myriads of lights, specially installed tor the occasion, were softened by red and , blue shades, patterned with Eastern hieroglyphics. Sutherland's Band was ensconced' under a gaily striped awning, and on the floor were many cushions of varied designs, as handsome as thev were comfortable. Long mirrors, quaintly fashioned standard ' lamps,' y>nd the faint perfume of incense, were complementary adjuncts of the elaborate schen/a. "Without a doubt Mir Frank McDonald had achieved his objective and had created in the ballroom a realistic Oriental atmosphere*, ~ tho novelty of which added greatly to the success of the function, which was attended by . about seventy couples. The lounge was transformed into a bower of green and gold—masses of palms and native greenery and large bowls of beautiful feathery wattle be-. ing used with excellent effect. The Carlton Cafe was used for simper, and there, on tables decked with white and mauve daisies, was served a delicious repast. The Carnival was tendered to the "ton. Mrs Tahu Rhodes for the Girl Guides' movement by MessrS Beath and and Co. and Mr and Mrs Dickson, nnd. through their generosity, the Girl . Guides' funds will be considerably augmented. ' An Eastern ballet, arranged by Miss Madeline Vyner, was danced by Miss Vyner, Miss Betty Cotterill, Miss Shona Rhodes, Miss Audrey Cracroft Wilson, Miss Kathleen Bristed, Miss Joy Andrews, Miss Molly Stevenson, and Miss Dorothy Quill, dressed alike in picturesque - red Persian dr?sses with swathed sashes of fuchsia satin and gold hair bands, from which fell fuchsia tinted tulle veils. A cleverly executed Snake Dance was given by Miss Irene Mulvany-Gray, who wore a harem dress of. rainbow tissue veiled green georgette, sparkling with opalescent beads. Amongst those present were Captain and the Hon. Mrs Taßu Rhodes, the latter wearing a beautiful frock of taffeta in two shades of rose; Mrs George Rhodes. Mr and Mrs Godby Dr. and Mrs Woodhouse (Bluecliffs), Mr and Mrs John Barker, Mr and Mrs Harold Barker, Mr and Mrs Cecil Ollivicr, Miss Foster, Miss Ngaio Marsh. Mrs Victor Cohen (Svdney), Mr and Mrs Arnold Soanes, Mr and Mrs Gerald Morrison, Mrs Leonard Tsitt. Dr. and Mrs Louisson, Mr and Mrs J. S. Guthrie. Miss Theo Beswick. Miss Molly Norton, Miss E. Watts. Miss Rita Nixon, Captain and Mrs Bla*d; M r and Mrs C. Thornton, Mr and Mrs Georsre Reid.- Miss L. Wells. Miss 'M. McGill, Miss Winnie White-Parsons, Miss Mary Cowlishaw, Miss N. McColl, Miss Helen Grimmer, Messrs R. Tole /Auckland), BlnndellBawkes. Lan Bnchanan. D. Cotterill, A. Jacobs, R. Smith. T. Gibson. H. Ewen (Hamilton), Ritchie, L. Cooke, G. Anderson. G. Bristed. G. Cotterill, J. MoOre, N. S. Batchelor, P. Macfarlane, J. Lawlor, L. Craythorne, and Shipley. "